A 10-year population-based nationwide descriptive analysis of pediatric emergency care

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jeng, Mei Jy ^a,b   Lee, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Tsao, Pei Chen ^a,b   Yang, Chia Feng ^a,b   Luo, Yu Cheng ^a   Soong, Wen Jue ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency; Hospitalization; National health insurance research database

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84899482858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-100     Document Type: Article

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